It takes probably five listens just to digest what I'm hearing when it comes to The Mars Volta, but the pay off is almost always worth it. This is a bit over-rated, but that doesn't mean it isn't really good.

its weird, I was in love with this album when I bought like 2 years ago, and then I lost the cd, and my library fucked up, so I went 2 years without hearing it. Now that I've listened to it again, I don't really like it any more.

I bought their album Goo a while back and kinda hated it, but thankfully I gave them another chance and got this, and thank god I did. Slowly but surely I realized how brilliant these guys are, and how the songs have a lot of staying power. Definitely one of my favorite bands now.